Last weekend’s project

About a week ago I wrote you guys that I have been working on some exciting project. Now I’m finally able to share it with you! Since a few months I’m a goodwill ambassador of a project that is protecting some cultural heritage in Romania and Hungary. I will tell you a little bit more about this with the example of a church that needs urgent attention!

In a small town called Jelna, not far from Baia Mare, there is a dilapidated church that contains unique frescoes. It is a reproduction of Giotto’s Navicella mosaic and there are only three other reproductions on the world. In Strassbourg, Florence and Pistoia. So it’s amazing that these fresco found his way to Jelna. But the most important thing is that the church probably will collapse within a year. So if we don’t act right now, this unique frescoes will disappear together with the church. For that reason we, and me as a goodwill ambassador, want to get this under the attention!

Probably most of you don’t know that I have a background with classical education. When I was in high school I studied Latin and Greek and off course we also studied the classical cultural. A trip to Rome was part of this study, so that’s why it’s amazing to see that this fresco from Giotto’s Navicella made his way from Rome to Jelna.

For more information about the church you can check out the article on AFP: http://www.afp.com/en/news/rare-giotto-copy-emerges-transylvanian-church-ruins

So for this project I stayed in Budapest last weekend to do a photoshoot. It was a great day and the pictures are so nice. These pictures will be used for the press about this project and off course some pictures I can use for myself. What do you think about the pictures? 🙂

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I'm a professional handball player, playing for Issy Paris and the Dutch National Team. Last year I've suffered a PCL injury, but I recovered completely. Here you can follow all my adventures and especially you can follow my road to the Olympic Games in Rio!